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The XR Week Peek (2023.06.26): Quest 3 page appears on Best Buy, Vision Pro SDK released, and more!

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On social media, people have already started sharing images from the simulator , which gives you a quick glimpse of how the device will be. On social media, people have already started sharing images from the simulator , which gives you a quick glimpse of how the device will be.

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What is the Metaverse

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What is Extended Reality Extended Reality (abbreviated as XR) is the category for all technologies that use computer graphics to enhance the real world around you, or enable you to enter and interact with a fully simulated digital world. In conclusion This has been a long blog post, well done for making it this far!

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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.02): Meta Quest 3 launched, Vive Ultimate Tracker leaked, and more!

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In a future update, Meta will use the tracking cameras to track the full body of the user and provide a decent estimation of the pose of the torso, the elbows, and the arms, and a simulated pose for the legs. Yes, the Quest 3 will be able to provide some sort of very rough full-body tracking , which is great for social VR experiences.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.25): Meta had its Quest Gaming Showcase, Pico may launch its “Cambria” in September, and more!

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According to the related blog post, the improvements are impressive: the new algorithm is able to: Improve overall the tracking quality Be able to cope with fast hands movements Be able to cope with scenarios with one hand occluding the other Detect new kinds of gestures of the hands. Image by Amazon). Meta releases hands tracking 2.0

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Discover Latin America’s XR ecosystem with Oscar Cartagena

The Ghost Howls

In my career as an XR professional, I’ve got to know people from all over the world, especially thanks to this blog, social media, and the international events I attended. Do you know that there are some XR blogs and magazines all in Spanish to cater to Spanish and Southern American markets? There’s a lot going on over here!

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.11): Upload VR Showcase, Metaverse Safety Week, and much more!

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More info Quest outperformed AirPods on Amazon It seems that on Black Friday, Quest sales were superior to AirPods ones on Amazon in certain countries. Icaros, the company producing a system that can make you feel as if you were flying, has now created another system through which you can simulate that you are running like a cheetah.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.24): Apple opens applications for Vision Pro devkits, Meta may stop the production of Quest Pro, and more!

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More info News worth a mention (Image by Sony) Sony shows the behind-the-scenes of PSVR 2 In a recent blog post, Sony Interactive Entertainment has shown the internal evolution of PSVR 2, from the initial experimentations to the final release. I suggest you take some time and read this post, because it has very cool insights.

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